ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,633, issued on June 16, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Eyewear device with photosensitive sensors arranged on temples" was invented by Aude Bouchier (Toulouse, France), Jessica Combier (Labege, France) and Jean-Paul Cano (Lauzerville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eyewear device including an electronic frame. The electronic frame includes a front frame element arranged to at least partially house an electrochromic lens, temple connected to the front frame element, a photosensitive sensor arranged on the temple to measure data relating to a light reflected from part of a wearer's face wh...